Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOMING, by ARNA BONTEMPS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet timber land Last Line: And screaming bitterly? | ||||||||
Sweet timber land Where soft winds blow The high green tree And fan away the fog! Ah fragrant stream Where thirsty creatures go And strong black men Hew the heavy log! Oh broken house Crumbling there alone. Wanting me! Oh silent tree Must I always be A wild bird Riding the wind And screaming bitterly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IRISH SPINNING-WHEEL by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES STANZAS ON THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS by BERNARD BARTON NOVEMB. 5. 1644 by JOSEPH BEAUMONT EASTERN TEMPEST by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN RECOLLECTINS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN EXTRACTS FROM VERSES WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1823 by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD GILBERT: 2. THE PARLOUR by CHARLOTTE BRONTE |
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